{"652651":{"#nid":"652651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alex Shapiro Honored with 2021 INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/alexander-shapiro\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlexander Shapiro\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has been selected for\u0026nbsp;the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/Award-Recipients\/Alexander-Shapiro\u0022\u003E2021 John von Neumann Theory Prize\u003C\/a\u003E by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). This esteemed honor is given annually \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubsonline.informs.org\/do\/10.1287\/orms.2020.02.06n\/full\/\u0022\u003Efor a body of work to a scholar who has made fundamental, sustained theoretical contributions in OR\/MS\u003C\/a\u003E. Shapiro is the A. Russell Chandler Chair III and professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn announcing Shapiro\u0026rsquo;s selection for the award, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cattendee.abstractsonline.com\/meeting\/10390\/awards-hall\u0022\u003EINFORMS cited his fundamental contributions\u003C\/a\u003E to theory and computational methods for stochastic programming, as well as seminal contributions to nonlinear analysis: \u0026ldquo;The outstanding breadth and depth of Dr. Shapiro\u0026rsquo;s research, combined with his contributions to the mathematical optimization community, make him the outstanding recipient of this prestigious prize.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe John von Neumann Theory Prize is the latest in a series of significant recognitions of the impact of Shapiro\u0026rsquo;s work. In 2013, he received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/shapiro-receives-khachiyan-prize-informs\u0022\u003EINFORMS Khachiyan Prize\u003C\/a\u003E for Lifetime Accomplishments in Optimization, and in 2018, he was awarded the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/isye-professor-alexander-shapiro-awarded-2018-dantzig-prize\u0022\u003EDantzig Prize\u003C\/a\u003E by the Mathematical Optimization Society and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. In 2020, Shapiro was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nae.edu\/224714\/Professor-Alexander-Shapiro\u0022\u003Eelected to the National Academy of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. Shapiro recently served as editor-in-chief of \u003Cem\u003EProgramming Series A\u003C\/em\u003E from 2012-2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis esteemed honor is given annually for a body of work to a scholar who has made fundamental, sustained theoretical contributions in OR\/MS.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This esteemed honor is given annually for a body of work to a scholar who has made fundamental, sustained theoretical contributions in OR\/MS."}],"uid":"35757","created_gmt":"2021-11-09 22:02:56","changed_gmt":"2021-11-18 18:23:09","author":"goberst3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"652621":{"id":"652621","type":"image","title":"Alex Shapiro","body":null,"created":"1636483634","gmt_created":"2021-11-09 18:47:14","changed":"1636483634","gmt_changed":"2021-11-09 18:47:14","alt":"Alex Shapiro","file":{"fid":"247595","name":"Shapiro Alex_Square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Shapiro%20Alex_Square_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Shapiro%20Alex_Square_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":739182,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Shapiro%20Alex_Square_2.jpg?itok=HIrHudKI"}}},"media_ids":["652621"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laurie.haigh@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}